Category Archives: iPhone Apps
How To Delete History Entries In Mobile Safari Using Swipe Gestures [Tweak]
Regardless of how much Apple improve iOS – their mobile operating system – there are always going to be parts of the software that just don’t sit right with users.
Unfortunately, you can’t please everyone all the time, but the technology giants could do a little bit more to implement certain features and capabilities that seem like a glaringly obvious omission from the OS.
The OneByOne Safari tweak that has recently landed in Cydia is an example of a package that fixes a very small issue in iOS, something which a lot of people would have hoped Apple themselves would address. In a native installation of the operating system, accessing recent browsing history and search results through Mobile Safari doesn’t offer users a great deal of control over what to do with the entries. A stock installation allows the entire browsing history to be deleted in one batch, and that is about it.
OneByOne Safari, coded by theiostream, amends the system to provide additional control to users, allowing them to handle historical deletion on a more intimate basis. It seems that Apple treats browsing history in a Boolean sense, believing that users either want it all, or want none of it, but in a lot of instances this just simply isn’t true. Being able to selectively delete individual entries in the history timeline is a very valuable feature, even if it’s just to delete that one embarrassing website you visited.
This Tweak For iPhone Integrates Siri Within Spotlight Search For Text-Based Searches
In my opinion, iOS developers who exist within the jailbreak community should be placed high up on a pedestal and praised for their efforts in making Apple’s mobile operating system a nicer and more functional piece of software to use.
Don’t get me wrong, a stock installation of iOS is still an iconic piece of work, but with the help of a few carefully chosen tweaks and packages, it becomes almost perfect.
One section of iOS that spurs confusion in between a lot of users is the Spotlight search screen which Apple introduced into the operating system when they introduced iOS 3.0, and dropped the “iPhone OS” moniker. Ported across from Mac OS X, Spotlight search exists to allow users the ability to search the contents of their device quickly and efficiently. However, to a lot of people it is just dead space and some choose to either totally ignore it or go about enhancing it through Cydia packages.
Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode II For iPhone And iPad Now Available For Download
While plenty of new titles have been born of the iOS ecosystem – notably the likes of Angry Birds, Cut The Rope and Tiny Wings, there’s still plenty of space in our hearts for those older, nostalgic classics.
Sonic the Hedgehog is an absolute classic, particularly to those who used to love collecting those golden rings on their Sega Game Gear, and with a few titles featuring Sonic and Tails already gracing iPhones, iPads and iPod touches worldwide, the second episode to Sonic The Hedgehog 4 has just been released by Sega America.
As a tech blogger, I love nothing more than writing hands-on reviews of apps and games, but in all truth, this particular title needs very little introduction. It follows straight on from Sonic The Hedgehog 4, but as opposed to merely being a re-hashed version of essentially the same thing, a lot of time and care has clearly gone into improving the title both from a playing point of view, and a visual aspect.
Apple’s iTunes Festival scheduled for September
Apple has announced some details on the 2012 iTunes Festival in London. This 30-day music event will take place at The Roundhouse and feature free performances by Usher, Emeli Sandé, Jack White, Norah Jones and One Direction among others.
Tickets will be distributed via lottery, and fans in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and the Netherlands can vie for a seat.
Apple will stream performances to computers running iTunes and iPhones, iPod touches and iPads with the iTunes Festival app installed. The fun starts on September 1 and runs for the whole month.
This Tweak For iPhone Allows You To Change The Color Of The On-Screen Volume Indicator
If you are an owner of a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch, and happen to be the kind of person who appreciates a rather useless, but nonetheless cool looking tweak, then the VolumeColour option could be right up your street.
Cydia is packed to the rafters with packages that provide in-depth features and some that just provide minor modifications to iOS, VolumeColor will definitely fall into the latter category.
Having the ability to modify minor aspects of iOS is undoubtedly a good thing as it allows users the chance to customize their device and make their mobile experience unique to them.
VolumeColor will no doubt prove to be quite popular for that very reason, and although functionality that it offers is minimal, it is nonetheless pretty fun and actually makes quite a significant difference to the OS visuals.